Japanese word

捕鯨

Pronunciation

Romajihogei

国際会議で捕鯨について話し合われました。koku sai kai gi de ho gei ni tsu i te hana shi a wa re ma shi ta

Whaling was discussed at the international conference.

現在、多くの国が捕鯨を禁止しています。gen zai ō ku no kuni ga ho gei o kin shi shi te i ma su

Today, many countries ban whaling.

Describes the deliberate pursuit and capture of whales as a human activity.

鯨漁kujiraryō: The practice of catching whales as part of a fishing industry.

鯨を捕らえて利用すること。kujira o to ra e te ri yō su ru ko to

The compound 捕鯨 (hogei) combines the on-yomi readings 捕 (ho, "catch") and 鯨 (gei, "whale") to mean catching whales.

In cybersecurity, whaling names phishing aimed at a senior executive rather than a broad group of users.